Hart out of England friendly August 12, 2012 England goalkeeper Joe Hart has withdrawn from the squad for Wednesday’s friendly against Italy with a back injury, so either Jack Butland and John Ruddy will be given an international debut, and Chelsea forward Daniel Sturridge will also miss out with an injured toe. England coach Gary Neville has confirmed manager Roy Hodgson will use [...]
Bolt blasts Lewis after blazing new 200m trail August 9, 2012 WORLD’S fastest man Usain Bolt launched a stinging verbal attack on former track great Carl Lewis last night after confirming, in his own words, his legendary status by becoming the first man to retain both individual Olympic sprint titles. Bolt said he had lost all respect for Lewis, and cast doubt on his own future [...]
Tomorrow night will be all about Farah August 9, 2012 Ican’t believe we are already two weeks into the Games; I’ve loved every day of it. I’m lucky enough to have seen Chris Hoy in the Velodrome, Beth Tweddle on Monday and the guys on super Saturday. But the thing I have most enjoyed is how the Olympics are capturing the whole nation. We now [...]
Adams: Following Leonard and Ali completes a lifelong dream August 9, 2012 GREAT Britain’s Nicola Adams revealed her pride at following in the footsteps of boxing greats Muhammad Ali and Sugar Ray Leonard after winning an Olympic gold medal in the flyweight final. In defeating China’s Ren Cancan in such considerably convincing fashion, Adams became the Olympic Games’ first female winner of a boxing gold and even [...]
TODAY AT THE GAMES August 9, 2012 Athletics ■ Great Britain’s men aim for a medal in the 4x400m relay final at 21:20. Lisa Dobriskey and Laura Weightman run in the women’s 1,500m final at 20:55, while Julia Bleasdale and Joanne Pavey compete in the women’s 5,000m final at 20:05. In the women’s 4x100m final, Jamaica and USA are likely to be [...]
Payne’s terrible tactics leave her swimming slow upstream August 9, 2012 TEAM GB’s Keri-Anne Payne rued poor decision-making as she finished an agonising fourth in the women’s 10km open-water marathon at Hyde Park yesterday. Hungary’s Eva Risztov took gold ahead of American Haley Anderson with Payne, a silver medallist from Beijing, finishing just 0.4 seconds behind Italy’s third-placed Martina Grimaldi. “It just didn’t go my way [...]
History maker Dujardin owes dream debt to golden horse August 9, 2012 RECORD breaking equestrian Charlotte Dujardin credited her horse Valegro after winning Great Britain’s first ever Olympic gold medal in individual dressage. The 27-year-old, competing at her first Games, followed her historic gold in the team event with a superb performance at Greenwich Park to pip Holland’s Adelinde Cornelissen. Laura Bechtolsheimer, another of Team GB’s gold-winning [...]
Taekwondo teenager becomes Britain’s first ever gold winner August 9, 2012 TEENAGE sensation Jade Jones became Britain’s first ever taekwondo gold medallist after defeating Yuzhuo Huo of China 6-4 in a spectacular -57kg final at the ExCeL Arena. The Welsh 19-year-old went into the final round of the bout 2-0 ahead before a furious flurry of hits increased her lead to 6-1 and she held off [...]
BMX prospects target finals August 9, 2012 BMX hopeful Liam Phillips yesterday stayed on course for a medal by reaching today’s semi-final. Phillips finished second behind American Connor Fields in all three runs to qualify, while fellow Briton Shanaze Reade competes in the women’s semi-finals this afternoon. Team GB’s men’s hockey team’s hopes of gold disappeared with a chastening 9-2 defeat to [...]
Mcllroy happy with second August 9, 2012 NORTHERN Ireland’s Rory McIlroy last night produced an impressive five-under-par opening round of 67 as Sweden’s Carl Pettersson took the early clubhouse lead at the US PGA Championship. Pettersson led following a six-under-par round of 66 but though McIlroy’s score was equalled by America’s Gary Woodland and Gonzalo Fernandez-Castano of Spain, the encouraging improvement against [...]